Articles from the August 21, 2013 edition

There were plenty of last-minute entries for this October’s municipal elections in Valdez, and 13 candidates will vie for three open seats on city council, and five for two seats on the board of education. In order presented by Sheri Pierce, city...

Carrie Little John of Fairbanks is still leading the Valdez Silver Salmon Derby despite the fact that hundreds of fish are being weighed in, hoping for a chance to get on the leader board. The daily...

Despite taking up as much space as Australia, the blue-white puzzle of ice floating on the Arctic Ocean is an abstraction to the billions who have never seen it. But continued shrinkage of sea ice is changing life for many living things. A few...